In Some Parts Of Rural Georgia, Eviction Process Continues As Usual During Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has led to large backlogs of eviction cases in courts around metro Atlanta. But new research finds that in rural courts, it’s often been business as usual.

The nonprofit Georgia Appleseed and Georgia State University worked together to survey counties throughout Georgia.

While most courthouses stopped eviction hearings at the beginning of the pandemic, researchers found as the outbreak continued, counties began taking very different approaches.